Demonstrates a personal commitment to serve, respect, and empower the church according to principles outlined in Compassion's ministry philosophies.
Church Maturation - Strengthens church ownership and capacity through a developmental mindset and the Partnership Management core process.
Facilitates partnerships with church partners to collaboratively reflect on youth and church outcomes and plan for how to best grow in capacity and maturity.
Program Cycle - Supports the church partner throughout all phases of the Program Cycle
Needs Assessment - Mobilizes CFT members to compile and organize information to inform the church partners about the needs of children and youth they serve. Facilitates the church partner in gathering local information about child and youth needs, and synthesizing with external data.
Planning - Facilitates church partner planning of their Child and Youth (CY) ministry.
Supports the church partner to develop an effective plan by assisting the church partner to identify and prioritize CY needs as well as select interventions that will address the prioritized needs and challenges.
Encourages the local church partners to invite greater participation of other church ministry leaders, parents/caregivers, youth and other key stakeholders in identifying needs, planning and implementing CY interventions.
Supports the church to develop an annual plan and budget to implement their chosen program interventions.
Implementation - Partners with other CFT members to support church partners as they carry out their chosen interventions and monitor progress toward successful implementation.
Evaluation - Partners with other CFT members to support church partners through a learning and reflection process on effectiveness of the interventions to inform planning in the next cycle.
Coordination of CFT - Coordinates Church Facing Team (CFT) support to each church partner.
Utilizing the Facilitation Workplan, coordinates the CFT to support each church partner based on the church's level of ownership, capacity and resources (maturity), the local context, local church priorities, needs identified by CFT members and National office priorities
Creates and tailors Facilitation Workplans to each church, so that objectives and activities reflect individual church needs.
Contributes to the CFT's understanding of the church's needs. Reviews reports and su
Additional Information
This intermediate professional is Compassion's primary liaison to the local church and is responsible for strengthening local ownership, capacity, and resources of local church partners to minister to children and youth in their own context. As the primary contact, this facilitator is responsible for nurturing relationships with church partners that are characterized by mutual respect, trust, and service that builds up church ministry. He or she is accountable for facilitating partner relationships through the Partner Management core process, for improving achievement of church outcomes, and for bringing a developmental mindset to all other aspects of the partnership. At this career level, the incumbent generally works independently on moderately complex projects or objectives in cooperation with other specialists. He or she may coach other facilitators.
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